Hurricane Hilary Could Create a New Lake in Desert (www.newsweek.com)
Trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting attack on Black FedEx driver ends in mistrial (www.nbcnews.com)
Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, were charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting into the vehicle driven by D’Monterrio Gibson in January 2022.
Banks fined $549M after senior execs found secretly texting on Signal, WhatsApp (arstechnica.com)
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6-year-old girl dies after mother accidentally struck her with a boat propeller in Arizona (www.nbcnews.com)
The parents realized their child was in the water and that her leg had been amputated by the boat’s propeller, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Adams: FBI seize NYC mayor's phones in fundraising investigation (www.bbc.com)
Two-thirds of North America could face power shortages this winter -NERC (www.reuters.com)
US colleges shut nearly all China-funded Confucius Institutes (www.newsweek.com)
Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection' (apnews.com)
Liberal groups have filed lawsuits in Colorado, Minnesota and other states to bar Trump from the ballot, citing a rarely used constitutional prohibition against holding office for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution but then “engaged in insurrection” against it. The two-sentence clause in the 14th Amendment...
UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis....
Average American Debt: Household Debt Statistics, Average household debt hits $101,915 (www.businessinsider.com)
There’s a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections (www.vox.com)
What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail? (www.theguardian.com)
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
After first refusing, OneWheel recalls all of its self-balancing electric skateboards (electrek.co)
California to fine schools that ban textbooks on race or LGBTQ+ topics (www.axios.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law on Monday a bill prohibiting schools from banning books on racial or LGBTQ+ teachings that could result in fines for any authority in the state that defies the legislation.
First Abrams Tanks Arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky Says (www.nytimes.com)
Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem (apnews.com)
Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don’t think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.”...
Crimean Tatar set to become Ukrainian defense minister at critical moment in conflict (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, to become his next defense minister, replacing Oleksii Reznikov at a critical time for Ukraine’s counteroffensive....
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pursued perks beyond impeachment allegations, ex-staffers say (apnews.com)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Unexplained Caribbean and European trips that cost taxpayers more than $90,000. A $600 sports coat paid for by an event organizer. A $45 office Christmas cake taken as his own....
CVS pushes into making cheaper versions of complex drugs with new discount Humira (www.cnbc.com)
CVS Health is partnering with drugmaker Sandoz to produce a near identical version of the blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira....
Putin’s voice in BRICS address raises eyebrows (thehill.com)
As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday addressed an annual business summit of world leaders gathered in South Africa. But this time, the Russian leader delivered his remarks with an altered voice....
China’s ‘Lehman moment?’ Big investment firm misses payments (www.cnn.com)
A major Chinese investment trust has missed payments to corporate investors, sparking a rare protest and adding to concerns that a slump in China’s property market could trigger a wider financial crisis....
Why Some Wisconsin Lawmakers and Local Officials Have Changed Their Minds About Letting Undocumented Immigrants Drive (www.propublica.org)
“If we suddenly kicked out all of the people here, the undocumented, our dairy farms would collapse,” one lawmaker said. “We have to come up with a solution.”
Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms are the focus of new small treatment studies (abcnews.go.com)
The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.
Joaquin Castro Calls on FTC to Review WBD for Axing Films like ‘Coyote vs. Acme’: 'Predatory and Anti-Competitive' (www.thewrap.com)
Over 1 in 4 Americans will be Latino by 2060, census projects (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. Latino population, now about 1 in 5 Americans, is projected to continue increasing through the year 2060, when over 1 in 4 Americans are likely to be Latino, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections released Thursday....
